# Vote
###  Intro
The **Vote activity** in LAMS that allows you to **collect responses from students by asking them to select from a set of options**. You can use it in real time during a lesson or asynchronously.
It is a simple but powerful way to **capture opinions, check understanding, and support group decision-making** within a structured learning sequence.
### Why you want to use a Vote as an educational activity?
You can use the Vote tool because it helps you:
* **Ensure everyone participates**, not just a vocal minority
* **Gain instant insight into student understanding** during the lesson
* **Make your teaching more interactive and engaging**
* **Encourage students to think before answering**, rather than passively listening
* **Provide a safe space for honest responses**, especially when answers are anonymous
* **Stimulate discussion and deeper reasoning** using real class data
* **Carry out quick formative assessment** without interrupting the flow of teaching
### What can you use Vote for?
You can use Vote in a variety of teaching scenarios, including:
* **Checking prior knowledge** before starting a topic
* **Testing understanding** after explaining a concept
* **Gathering opinions or perspectives** on a topic
* **Predicting outcomes** (e.g. *“What will happen in this experiment?”*)
* **Supporting team decision-making** in group activities
* **Triggering discussion** by comparing different viewpoints
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**Educational Insight**
When used effectively, the Vote tool becomes more than a quick poll, it becomes a real-time feedback loop between you and your students, helping you adapt your teaching, deepen understanding, and actively involve every learner.
Use clear, direct prompts and guide students through the results to turn simple voting into meaningful learning
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### What can I use Vote for?
As a teacher, you can use a vote for various pedagogical purposes such as to ask students about their background knowledge on the subject you are about to embark, get their personal opinions or experiences, predict the outcome of an lab experiment, or to test their understanding of subject you've have completed.
### How does it work?
Using the Vote tool is straightforward:
1. **You create a question** and provide a set of possible answers
2. **Students select one or more options**, depending on your setup
3. **Students may also add their own responses** if you allow it
4. After submitting, students can **view the aggregated results**
5. You can use the results to **guide discussion, clarify misunderstandings, or move forward**
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